Postnatal Education Increases Pain Relief Use at Vaccinations

MONDAY, Oct. 22, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- In-hospital postnatal education about infant pain management at vaccinations leads to more frequent use of pain relief interventions, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in CMAJ, the journal of the Canadian Medical Association.

Based on follow-up data from 2,549 participants, the researchers found that utilization of any intervention (breastfeeding, sucrose, or topical anesthetics) was 53.2 percent for the control group, 61.4 percent for the pamphlet group, and 63 percent for the pamphlet and video group. Both pain education groups had higher utilization than the control group, but they had similar utilization to one another. Uptake differed by group at 2 and 4 months but not at 6 months.